Portugal 1723 1600 reis

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 43253

This specimen was lot 43253 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $600. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. Escudo, 1723. Lisbon Mint. Joao V. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details." This type is catalogued in the SCWC as a one escudo even tho it is about 6% heavier than a Spanish escudo. It was struck in Lisbon 1723-31 and scarcer than catalog values indicate.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.57 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-90; KM-219.1; Gomes-117.01.

Source:

• Alberto Gomes and Francisco Antonio Magro, Moedas Portuguesas e do Território Que Hoje é Portugal: Catálogo das Moedas Cunhadas para o Continentes e Ilhas Adjacentes, para os Territórios do Ultramar e Grão-Mestres Portugueses da Ordem de Malta, 6ª Edição, Lisbon: Associação Numismática de Portugal, 2013.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Sáez Salgado, Javier, Moedas de Ouro de Portugal, 1185-1889, Lisbon, Numisma Leiloes, 2001.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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• 1722-L 800 réis = ½ escudo
• 1722 1000 réis = quartinho
• 1722 4000 réis = moidore
• 1722-L 1600 réis = 1 escudo
• 1722 6400 réis = 1 peça
• 1723 400 réis = cruzado novo
• 1723 6400 réis = 1 peça
• 1724 1600 réis = 1 escudo
• 1724 12,800 réis = dobra
• Coins and currency dated 1723